Command Line Interfaces

Smart people believe that messenger type interfaces and associated “bots” will become a primary way people access new services going forward. We at USV certainly find truth in that, see both Kik and Koko and Libov’s thoughts here.
There are a bunch of reasons why this could be the case. First, the...

Natural language is the general purpose “API” for humans and it seems it may become the same for software. Bots are all the rage on several platforms including Telegram and now Slack. Facebook is experimenting with M. There are bots to schedule meetings. Bots to order lunch. And so much more. Our...

When the weather is bad I take a bus to work. I’m forever grateful to the person at the bus stop who informed me that you can text New York’s MTA service to find out exactly where the bus is and when it’s going to arrive. Sure, an app that put the bus on a map would be more rich in information, but...

I think many of us are quite convinced that in the not too distant future, messaging is going to mean a lot more than it does today. Benedict Evans certainly does, and we have plenty of evidence how much can be bundled inside a messaging app from the likes of WeChat, Line and TenCent in Asia.
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Jonathan Libov — January 15, 2015

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